EIN 62-0639154

The Arc of Tennesse

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
56
Year formed
1952
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
The Arc of Tennessee promotes the general well-being of all citizens with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. They enhance community supports through their Pass project, which provides tools, mentoring, and training for self-directed personal assistance. They partner with the Tennessee Department of Education to increase family engagement in special education through various means, such as an online resource center.
Total revenues
$2,442,426
2022
Total expenses
$2,815,596
2022
Total assets
$2,008,355
2022
Num. employees
56
2022

Program areas at The Arc of Tennesse

Advocacy, education and public awareness - The Arc tn provides information and referral to anyone who contacts The office seeking assistance, individual advocacy as needed, and training/workshops/consultation on in a variety of areas including self-determination, person-centered practice, self-advocacy, and others. We also conduct paths (planning alternative tomorrows with hope) for individuals and organizations upon request.
Family engagement in education The Arc Tennessee partners with The Tennessee department of education through a contract to increase The quality and quantity of family engagement in special education. We reach families statewide in many ways including, an e-newsletter, social media, our website and more. This year we launched our own dedicated website with resources for families and teachers at familyengagementtn.com. After covid had us pivot to doing more virtually, we have continued to work closely with The team at The department of education to provide information to families through monthly facebook live q&a sessions. We launched a pilot project working with The special education directors and family resource directors in six districts across The state to target family engagement practices and create parent support groups and parent advisory councils specifically for families of students with disabilities which we are excited to bring statewide next school year.
People talking to people (ptp) - assists The department of intellectual and developmental disabilities (didd) with quality assurance and quality improvement by empowering service recipients to give honest feedback regarding The services they receive through participation in a survey that covers four key areas: choice and control; respect and dignity: access to care: community inclusion.
Pass project (personal assistance supports and services) - enhances community supports by demonstrating a model of self-directed personal assistance through The provision of tools, mentoring, and trainings to allow individuals with disabilities to manage and control their own care. Partners in policy making - The Arc of Tennessee provides administrative support to The Tennessee council on developmental disabilities' partners in policy making project so that project expenses are reimbursed in a timely fashion. Other grants partners in policymaking workshop we serve as an administrative "pass-through" for The council on developmental disabilities to operate these programs in an efficient manner. We are able to provide a faster turnaround on paying invoices and reimbursing other expenses than The state is able to do. Partners in policymaking trains individuals with disabilities and family members to become advocates. Graduates from The program have gone on to participate on The boards of various non-profit advocacy organizations and to become active in public policy. Youth leadership forum provides leadership skills training to young adults with disabilities. Employment and community first choices (ecf) this is a fee-for-service home-and-community-based supports program administered through tenncare and managed by The managed care organizations (mcos). The Arc of Tennessee is an approved provider of services that are designed to enhance self-advocacy skills of people with i/dd and empower families to better support their family member with i/dd. Pre-employment transition services (pre-ets) The workforce investment and opportunity act (wioa) requires vocational rehabilitation (vr) to offer pre-ets to all students with disabilities aged 14-22. The Arc of Tennessee is a contracted provider with vr to provide three of The five pre-ets: workplace readiness training, self-advocacy, self-determination and self-direction training, and post-secondary education counseling. The Arc of Tennessee collaborates with local school systems to implement these services. Healing trust The healing trust advocacy grant provides unrestricted funding for The Arc tn to engage in advocacy and public policy work around issues that impact health outcomes for tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Family engagement The family engagement grant through The tn department of education focuses on empowering families to become more involved in The education of their children receiving special education services in our school systems. People first The people first grant through The tn department of intellectual and developmental disabilities (didd) funding to revitalize people first tn - a self-advocacy organization for self-advocates, run by self-advocates. People first tn is charged with growing membership, developing local chapters, providing training for self-advocates and addressing policy and systems issues important to people with disabilities across The state. Aimhitn The aimhitn grant through aimhitn funds administrative support for aimhitn, a statewide non-profit dedicated to infant mental health in Tennessee. Our staff assist with tasks such as event planning, coordinating board meetings, taking meeting minutes and other office tasks. Sdm The sdm grant through The tn council on developmental disabilities funds a pilot project to provide formalized decision-making supports for people with i/dd who do not have any natural supports to assist them. It also created an sdm advisory council to discuss barriers to implementing decision-making supports other than conservatorship for people with i/dd and develop strategies for addressing those barriers. Enabling tech The enabling tech grant through The tn department of intellectual and developmental disabilities provides funding for a variety of projects that advance The use of technology to increase The independence of people with i/dd. These projects are assigned to us by didd based on their need. Megaconference we are one of several organizations that collaborate to host The Tennessee disability megaconference every year. This conference is The largest cross-disability conference in Tennessee and draws between 400 - 1,000 attendees every year. The council on developmental disabilities, as well as other organizations, provides funding for stipends to help people with disabilities, their family and/or support staff to attend The conference.

Who funds The Arc of Tennesse

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Healing TrustTo Further the Exempt Purposes of the Organization.$40,000
Arc of the United StatesMLK Day Service / September 11th Day of Service / Inclusive Volunteering$40,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee$23,596
...and 4 more grants received

Personnel at The Arc of Tennesse

NameTitleCompensation
Heidi HainesExecutive Director$0
Heather HendersonDirector of Advocacy
Adam L'HeraultDirector of Human Resources$9,231
Linda BrownBoard President / Vice President Chair / Chapter Representative / Chapter Representative / At Large$0
Robyn LampleySecretary , Advocacy and Education Committee Chair / Secretary / A and E Committe / Committee CH / Committee Chair$0
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for The Arc of Tennesse

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,378,595
Program services$10,690
Investment income and dividends$94
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$42,084
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$10,963
Total revenues$2,442,426

Form 990s for The Arc of Tennesse

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-16990View PDF
2020-062021-04-05990View PDF
2019-062020-06-26990View PDF
2018-062019-05-14990View PDF
2017-062018-04-18990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Data update history
July 3, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
June 24, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 25, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
May 6, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $11,312 from United Way of Greater Nashville (UWGN)
October 2, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsDevelopmentally disabled centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesDevelopmentally disabled
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donations
General information
Address
545 Mainstream Dr Ste 100
Nashville, TN 37228
Metro area
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
County
Davidson County, TN
Website URL
thearctn.org/ 
Phone
(615) 248-5878
IRS details
EIN
62-0639154
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1952
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P82: Developmentally Disabled Centers and Services
NAICS code, primary
624120: Services for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
Parent/child status
Independent
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